Furniture-fastening.



W. W. BOYLE & F. MILLER.

FURNITURE FASTENING.

' APPLICATION TILED JUNE 26, 1913.

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WITNESSES /%6 cfflfi/wk 5- 1824% THE NORRIS PETERS C0 PHOTD-LITHO. Wl rUNTTEI) strnrns PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM w. BOYLE AND'FRANK MILLER, or sr. JAMES, MICHIGAN.

.FURNITURE- F ASTE ING.

Application filed June 26, 1913 Serial No, 775,961. i i p To all whom itmay concern of CharlevoiX and State of Michigan, have invented newanduseful Improvements in Furniture-Fastenings, of which the 'follow ing isa specification.

Our present invention pertains to furniture, and contemplates theprovision of peculiar and advantageousmeans for connecting mirror andothersuperposed frames to dressers and other articles of furniture, andthis in such manner that the connection is a strong and rigid one, andyet when it is desired to remove the frame, the same'can beexpeditiously and easily accomplished with out the employment of tools.

With the foregoing in mind, the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claim when the same are read in connectionwith the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification,in which:

Figure l is a rear elevation of an articleof furniture equipped with ournovel device. Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal section taken in a planeabove one of the fasteners. Fig. 3 is a plan of one of the fastenermembers to be attached to the superposed frame. Fig.

' 4: is an edge elevation of one of the fastener members on the back ofthe body of the article of furniture.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings. H

In the illustrated embodiment of our invention a mirror frame 1 issuperposed on a dresserf2 or other article of furniture in the ordinary,well known manner.

Permanently fixed to the back of the furniture article 2 are fastenermembers 3 having enlarged upper portions 4:, and pivotally connected at5 tothe said enlarged portions 4 are the enlarged portions 6 of members7 which arearranged to be swung in. a plane parallel to the back of thearticle 2. The saidmembers 7 are preferably, though not necessarily,recessed as illustrated, in order-to contribute to the compactness ofthe fasteners.

Fixed at 8 to the back of the mirror or other frame 1, are fastenermembers 9, disposed horizontally, and having inner ofiset portions 10between which and the back of the furniture article the swinging membersmembers are in upright positions.

"D'sposed at the outer sides of the offset and carried at" the free-endsof said'spring strips are beveled heads 13. The said'spring strips 11and heads 13 constitute spring latches for holding the swinging members7 in engagement with-the members 9 to secure the frame 1 on thefurniture article 2.

With the parts relatively arranged as shown in Fig. 1, it will bemanifest that the frame 1 will be-securely and rigidly held on thearticle 2. VVhen,however, it is desired to detach and remove the frame1, it is simply necessary to draw the heads 13 of the spring strips in adirection away from the back of the article 2 and then swing .fareadapted to rest whenfsaid swinging Be it known that we, WILLIAMWV.BOYLE and FRANK MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at St.James, in the county the members 7 inwardly and downwardly in a planeparallel to the back of the article 2. It will also be here noted thatwhen so swung inwardly and downwardly, the members 7 will be out of theWay and will not be liable to breakage or injury when the piece offurniture is moved.

To fasten the frame 1 on the article 2 in accordance with my invention,it is simply necessary to correctly position the frame 1, and then swingthe members 7 upwardly and outwardly until they snap by the heads 13 ofthe strips 11 and assume positions between the oflset portions 10 andthe back of the article 2, when the frame 1 will be safely and stronglylocked to the article 2.

In the mounting of the mirror we prefer to employ hook-shaped bearings25 on the uprights of the frame 1, in combination with notched trunnions26 fixed with respect to the mirror and disposed in bearings 25 so thatsaid bearings rest in the said notches. WVith the bearings and trunnionsthus relatively arranged it will be manifest that the mirror will bestrongly and safely supported in such manner that the mirror will befree to swing but will be effectually held against endwise play; also,that the mirror may be readily removed by merely lifting the trunnions26 from the bearings 25.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to securebyLetters Patent, is:

The combination of superposed furniture parts, a fastener memberpivotally connected with the back of one part and constructed andarranged to swing vertically in a plane Q p 1,111,209v

parailel to said back and behind the back" of the other part, a fastenermember fixed in permit of movement of the first named' member past itand to confine said fastener member in the space between the ofl's etportion ofthe second-named fastener member 15 and the part to which saidmember is fixed. In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands inpresence of two subscribing Witnesses, e

' WM. W. BOYLE.

FRANK MILLER. W n ses; MAii'i'iiA Q iLAGIiER,

WM. A, SoiiEID.

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